![]() DUST hypothesizes a tumultuous cascade of terrifying possibilities up to and including global nuclear warfare piled on top of the existential threat of mankind’s biological extinction following hard on the heels of the insects. What happens when the world wakes up and discovers that a wide variety of its insects have catastrophically become extinct? And make no mistake! We’re not talking about the imagined joy of life without mosquitoes and black flies here. The plot of DUST is simple enough to describe without wandering into spoiler territory. Me? I loved it – entomology evolution and paleontology ecology and the importance of bio-diversity domestic terrorism submarines, nuclear war and the operation of nuclear missile silos extinction cycles cloning, genetics, gene-splitting and recombinant DNA the exploration of Saturn and its moon Enceladus prions and mad cow disease economics right-wing politics and talking heads - you’ve got to admit that it would be a challenge to come up with a more diverse list than that! If you’re not fond of a science-based, technical thriller plot moved forward at high speed by an awesome number of info-dump essays on an equally awesome and disparate variety of topics then DUST is probably not a novel you’re going to enjoy. “So the history of life on Earth is … a never-ending symphony … written on nucleic acid and performed by protein.” ![]()
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